Thursday, June 27, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
T-Print: Draw an Architect – Part 1
By T-Square
For the
third issue of T-Print, we asked the students and faculty of KU’s College of
Architecture to sketch their idea of an architect around a pair of glasses that
we provided. These are some of the participations:
WARNING: students’ creativity may surprise you!
Moodhy Al Bannai |
Dr. Gio |
Mishaal Al Musaileekh |
Latifah |
Lulwa Al Habashi |
Ahmed Al Houli |
Dr. Abdulmuttaleb Al Ballam |
Ehsan Abdulrasoula |
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Atari - The Restaurant with the Dark Green Façade
By Hessa Al Habashi
A
post about a restaurant, because everyone else is doing it, but I think I’ll
try something new. Everyone who’s met me knows how much I love food, and doing
posts about restaurants will not only give me an excuse to go to new
restaurants and review their architectural ‘elements’,
but also, I get to eat. Who doesn’t love a math equation that goes like that?
So from now on, every month, we’ll be reviewing the architecture of a selected
restaurant around Kuwait, and to our delight, we have quite a concentrated
amount of adequately designed restaurants in Kuwait.
This
month’s pick is Atari. You
might’ve passed by it a couple of times on your way to Slider Station/Prime
& Toast. What caught my attention was the dark green façade; it makes
anyone give it a second glance. It had a fun menu, and I might go back again,
but since this is an architecture blog, no one comes here to hear what I have
to say about the food, right? (unless you want me to, I won’t say no).
The
place is small and cozy, two floors, and reminds me of the restaurants I see on
TV. You know the ones owned by the couple that just had to open up their own restaurants. The
kitchen and the seating area is separated by a wall with a small window looking
into what the chefs are up to. The floors are paneled and reminded
me of being in a bathroom, just a tad.
I
think I’ve criticized the place a bit too much, maybe I should go into
compliments now? They have these little stickers around the restaurant which I
really liked. It made me want to tour the place and look for them, and boy did
I find a lot. What I also liked was the graffiti on the wall and on the tables
of typewriters, TV sets and rabbits!
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Housing Kuwait’s Future – Part 2
By T-Square
This is a continuation of a previous
post showcasing some of the work done by students enrolled in the Design 6 class
this past spring semester. We are only showing renderings, while student’s
original work included plans, sections, and elevations.
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